Ripley News

There have been so many wonderful things happening here in Ripley lately I hardly know where to begin.

Frances Rice Little Pagano, 99, of Ripley, New York, died Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at Parkside Assisted Living, North East, Pa.

WESTFIELD Things could get pretty scary if the state enacts mid-year aid cuts. So scary that some districts could see massive increases some around 9 percent - to their tax levies.

RIPLEY?- On the first anniversary of the dedication of the Ripley Veterans' Roll of Honor Monument, November 11, 2009, more than 70 new veterans' names were added to the Roll.

RIPLEY Participants in the after-school program at Ripley Central School recently had green on their minds.

It was a theatrical convergence of three continents. Over lunch in London, the actress from Australia and the actress from Norway decided they had to find a way under the skin of the neurotic belle from the American South.

CHAUTAUQUA Four candidates battled it out for two seats in the town of Chautauqua.

Editor's Note: The following is a letter to Congressman Brian Higgins, D-South Buffalo, from Ripley resident Roger Testrake.

The temperature continues to drop - as well as the leaves - and snowfall most likely will soon be here on a regular basis.

The Ripley Community & Heritage Fund is accepting grant applications. Organizations eligible to apply are charitable, not-for-profit organizations that serve the Ripley community.

By S. ALEXANDER GEROULD Special to the OBSERVER RIPLEY - " On a typical Monday, Wednesday or Friday, several Ripley Central School students travel to the University of New York at Fredonia or Mercyhurst College in Erie to take college courses as part of the school's 3-1-3 program.

RIPLEY?- The Ripley Pride Committee sponsored the first Harvest Fest. The festivities included food, fun and prizes for the best costumes, the best carved pumpkins and the apple eating contest.

Plantrol Systems, Ltd., a custom software manufacturer in Westfield, has been awarded the Southern Tier of New York Incumbent Worker Training Grant.

Chautauqua County sheriff's deputies report three drunken driving arrests in separate incidents Saturday night and Sunday morning.

County residents will have a number of decisions to make on Tuesday, November 3. In Westfield, Republican-endorsed incumbent Martha Bills will face-off against former Village of Westfield Mayor Ron Catalano.

Westfield resident Doug Richmond is seeking re-election to the Chautauqua County Legislature.

MAYVILLE Students and eligible staff at Ripley Central School received their H1N1 "swine flu" vaccination Monday in the county's first school-located clinic.

In a random draw, the Chautauqua County Health Department chose the Ripley School District to have the first H1N1 clinic among schools.

A Ripley man faces a charge of criminal mischief after he allegedly drove onto a softball field in Sherman and purposely damaged it, Chautauqua County sheriff's officials reported.

The Westfield Firemen's Exempt Hall on Bourne Street will be the site Sunday of a fund raiser for the Silver Creek Fire Department and its emergency squad.